2019 Juno Award Nominees

While much of the world is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, the Canadian Academy of Recordings Arts and Sciences will be celebrating the best of Canadian music with the annual Juno Awards in Toronto with award winning artist Sarah McLachlan hosting the gala event.

The Juno Awards is the culmination of week long events that include a celebrity hockey game, jam sessions, songwriting circles, and autograph sessions.

Shawn Mendes leads the way with a total of six awards; The Weeknd, bülow, Hubert Lenoir and Loud Luxury have also earned multiple award nominations.

Corey Hart is set to become the newest member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, music producer David Foster is set to receive the Humanitarian Award, and broadcast veteran Duff Roman will be awarded The Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.

All of the Juno Award categories are open to Canadian artists only with the exception of International Album of the Year.

Country Album of the Year:“We Were that Song” by Brett Kissel
“A Small Town Christmas” by Jess Moskaluke
“Country Music Made Me Do It” by Meghan Patrick
“Feels Like That” by The Reklaws
“New Tattoo” by Tim Hicks

Adult Alternative Album of the Year:
“Earthtones” by the Bahamas
“More or Less” by Dan Mangan
“Gabrielle Shonk” by Gabrielle Shonk
“Blood” by Rhye
“Queens of the Breakers” by The Barr Brothers

Alternative Album of the Year:
“ken” by Destroyer
“Baby Teeth” by Dizzy
“Dose Your Dreams” by F***ked Up
“TPC” by the Tokyo Police Club
“In a Poem Unlimited” by U.S. Girls

Pop Album of the Year:
“Damaged” by bülow
“Head Over Heels” by Chromeo
“Darlene” by Hubert Lenoir
“Shawn Mendes” by Shawn Mendes
“Intuition” by Tyler Shaw

Rock Album of the Year:
“Rally Cry” by the Arkells
“True Rockers” by Monster Truck
“Changing Colours” by The Sheepdogs
“Civillanaires” by “The Trews
“Outsider” by Three Days Grace

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year:
“Love is Here to Stay” by Diana Krall and Tony Bennett
“solstic/equinox” by Diana Panton
“Holly” by Holly Cole
“Sung Songs” by Jodi Proznick with Laila Biali
“Laila Biali” by Laila Biali

Solo Jazz Album of the Year:“Sandstom” by Alei Baro
“So Here We Are” by Alison Young
“In the Moment” by Larnell Lewis
“Beloved of the Sky” by Renee Rosness
“Old Soul” by Robi Botos

Group Jazz Album of the Year:
“Wander Woman” by Allison Au Quartet
“Atwood Suites” by the Andrew Rathbun Large Ensemble
“The Seasons of Being” by Andy Milne and Dapp Theory
“Live at U of T” by the Liebman/Murley Quartet
“Path of Totality” by Quinsin Nachoff’s FLUX

Instrumental Album of the Year:
“Group Manoeuvre” by Aerialists
“China Cloud” by Gordon Grdina
“Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas” by Kevin Breit
“Live from the Art Farm” by The Fretless
“The Space Between Us” by Toninato / Thiessen

Children’s Album of the Year:“Let’s Go Bananas” by Beppie
“It Takes a Village” by Ginalina
“Dog on the Floor” by Raffi
“It’s Cool to Be Kind” by Sonshine and Brocoli“You, Me and the Sea” by Splash’N Boots

Large Ensemble Classical Album of the Year:
“New Worlds/Nouveaux Mondes” by the Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra/Orchestre du Centre National Des Arts du Canada conducted by Alexander Shelley
“Newton Howard & Kernis: Violin Concertos; Tovey: Stream of Limelight” by the Seattle and Detroit Symphony Orchestras
“Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 4” by the BBC Philharmonic with Louis Lortie
“Jordan Pal: Into the Wonder” by the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra with the Grypon Trio“Vaughan Williams” by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, and Teng Li

Vocal or Choral Classical Album of the Year:“Vienna: Fin de siecle” by Barbara Hannigan with Reinbert De Leeuw
“Bernstein: A Quiet Place” by Choeur de l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Guest Soloists
“David Braid: Corona Divinae Misericordiae” by the Elmer Iseler Singers with Patricia O’Callaghan
“Echo” by Joyce El-Khoury“Ayre: Live” by Miriam Khalil

Dance Recording of the Year:“Gotasoul” by AZARI with James Baley
“Jackie Chan” by Dzeko & Tiësto with Preme and Post Malone
“Avatar Beach” by Jacques Greene
“CURA” by Keys N Krates
“Body” by Loud LuxuryR&B or Soul Recording of the Year:“Twos” by Anders
“Pain & Pleasure” by Blac Atlass
“Stone Woman” by Charlotte Day Wilson
“Being Human in Public” by Jessie Reyez
“My Dear Melancholy” by The WeekndReggae Recording of the Year:“Money Don’t Grow Pon Trees” by Blessed
“Genesis” by Chelsea Stewart
“Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix – Overdubbed” by Dubmatix
“Narrative” by Exco Levi
“Talk Or No Talk” by Kafinal with Queen Ifrica

Indigenous Music Album of the Year:“The Ballad of the Runaway Girl” by Elisapie“Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa” by Jeremy Dutcher“Standing in the Light” by Leonard Sumner“Nitisanak – Brothers and Sister” by Northern Cree“The Average Savage” by Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Contemporary Roots Album of the Year:“In Our Time” by AHI“Both Ways” by Donovan Woods“Grenades” by Kaia Kater“Seeker” by Megan Nash“Yarrow” by The Deep Dark Woods

Traditional Roots Album of the Year:“The Broken Heart of Everything” by David Francey“Sweet Old Religion” by Pharis and Jason Romero“Queen City Jubilee” by The Slocan Ramblers“Fifteen” by The Wailin’ Jennys“Horizons” by Vishtèn

Blues Album of the Year:“Miles to Go” by Colin James
“Checkmate” by Jack de Keyzer
“Myles Goodwyn and Friends of the Blues” by Myles Goodwyn
“Run To Me” by Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar
“The Ice Queen” by Sue Foley

Contemporary Christian or Gospel Album of the Year:“Grateful” by Brian Doerksen
“Tired Of Basic” by LOVECOLLIDE
“Into the Wild” by Manic Drive
“The Buffalo Roadshow” by Tim Neufeld and The Glory Boys
“Speak” by Warren Dean Flandez

World Music Album of the Year:
“Zoubida” by Ayrad
“San Cristóbal Baile Inn” by Boogát
“Naath” by Emmanuel Jal and Nyaruach
“Fuerza Arara” by Telmary y Habana Sana
“Rapadou Kreyol” by Wesli

Album Artwork of the Year:
Gareth Auden-Hole and Emil Mateja for “LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES” by Jack Pine and The Fire
Geordan Moore for “Crossworlds” by Joshua Van Tassel
Michael DeAngelis, Matt Barnes, and Jess Baumung for “Rally Cry” by the Arkells
Mike Milosh for “Blood” by Rhye
Simon Dupuis for “Viens Avec Moi” by Les Hotesses d’Hilaire

Video of the Yea:
“No Depression” by the Bahamas
“Places” by Alaskan Tapes
“Powerless” by Classified
“Hang Ups” by Scott Helman
“Have A Nice Day” by SonReal

Electronic Album of the Year:
“Crystal Eyes” by Ekali
“Next Season” by Felix Cartal
“Give It a Rest” by iamhill
“Deception Bay” by Milk & Bone
“Certain Kind of Magic” by REZZ

Metal or Hard Music Album of the Year:“Algorythm” by Beyond Creation
“The Spark That Moves” by Cancer Bats
“Loved” by KEN Mode
“Prevail II” by Kobra And The Lotus
“The Wake” by Voivod

Adult Contemporary Album of the Year:
“These Are The Days” by Jann Arden
“Love” by Michael Bublé
“Meaning To Tell Ya” by Molly Johnson
“Distant Danger” by Nuela Charles
“A Whitehorse Winter Classic” by Whitehorse

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